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Re: 2009 Hurricane Season Tracking Map

Re: 2009 Hurricane Season Tracking Map

I live on the Gulf Coast, how do you experienced beeks prepare your hives for a hurricane? I thought that I might screen the tops and bottoms and put them in the garage. Does that seem a resonalble way to secure them. This is my first year with bees.

Re: 2009 Hurricane Season Tracking Map

Originally Posted by gulfbreeze

I live on the Gulf Coast, how do you experienced beeks prepare your hives for a hurricane? I thought that I might screen the tops and bottoms and put them in the garage. Does that seem a resonalble way to secure them. This is my first year with bees.

Mark

I have been through both Rita and Ike with bees. I just put something heavy on top of them, like a cinder block. I have only lost two hives (out of about 100) and those where during Ike. They weren't quite far enough away from a large Oak tree that went down, and got crushed.